Job opportunities with SECORE

SECORE International, Inc. is a renowned coral reef conservation and restoration organization with a global network of scientists, public aquarium professionals and local stakeholders. SECORE applies a holistic approach combining research, education, outreach and active restoration for the conservation of coral reefs.

Together with the California Academy of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy, SECORE has recently launched the Global Coral Restoration Project to advance the science, technology and application of innovative coral restoration techniques.

Current job openings

We are looking for a Project Engineer

The successful candidate will work to advance the design and engineering of coral restoration technology,integrate and upscale processes from manufacturing to deployment, and build partnerships thatwill further increase the technical capacity of the SECORE team.

Coral reef conservation involves many interdependent aspects. Scientific research and the resultant knowledge combined with hands-on practices are the basis for the implementation of effective and sustainable conservation. SECORE conducts and supports studies on all aspects of conservation, especially sexual coral reproduction and coral restoration (references). We hold workshops at many of our restoration sites to share our knowledge of coral reproduction and restoration methods and strategies. Our education and outreach programs include local initiatives and public relations, as well as international efforts to raise public awareness on the needs and opportunities for coral conservation. In order to facilitate overarching cooperation, we work together with authorities, NGOs and local stakeholders (our work).

The use of sexual coral recruits for reef restoration is a relatively young research discipline. To date, restoration is still labor and time intensive and can only be carried out on a relatively small scale. SECORE has developed a new concept that will enable us to seed large numbers of coral recruits without the need to transplant each coral by hand (coral restoration). We are working with leading scientists to improve our techniques and develop new ones to implement larger scale restoration. In 2015, we started larger scale pilot projects using our new approaches for sexual coral restoration in Mexico and in Curaçao. In 2017, we have launched the Global Coral Restoration Project together with the California Academy of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy.

SECORE and partners initially started restoration work in Curaçao, and we have expanded to Mexico, Guam and the Bahamas—so far; as we are initiating new project sites like the US Virgin Islands this year and there are more to come! Our first aim is large-scale restoration as part of a sustainable coral reef conservation strategy. Through education and outreach programs, we reach local communities as well as the general public.